Some quick quips to share on Sql Server on using osql command line util to performe backups/restore
backup
osql -E -Sinstancename -q "BACKUP DATABASE [dbname] TO DISK = N'backupfile.bak' WITH NOFORMAT, INIT, NAME = N'dbName Database Backup', SKIP, NOREWIND, NOUNLOAD, STATS = 10"restore
osql -E -Sinstancename -q "RESTORE DATABASE [dbname] FROM DISK = N'backupfile.bak' WITH FILE = 1, NOUNLOAD, REPLACE, STATS = 10"Using 'LIKE'
Using 'LIKE' to determine if a value or a column of values IS ALL DIGITS
SELECT * FROM testtable WHERE columnxyz NOT LIKE '%[^0-9]%'
'^' means 'NOT', so the expression above evaluates to 'Select only rows from testtable where everything in the columnxyz is a digit from 0 to 9'
Use the ESCAPE clause and the escape character in order to use special characters in your expression.
E.g. to find the exact character string 10-15% in column c1 of the mytbl2 table, we use
SELECT c1 FROM mytbl2 WHERE c1 LIKE '%10-15!% off%' ESCAPE '!'Further reading on the BOL LIKE reference
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